Combination coat and overcoat



- Jan. 12 1926.

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'GALDHAED, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

GOMBINATION COAT AND OVERCOAT.

Application filed May 26, 1924. Serial No. 715,872.

To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known that I, MAX GALDHAED, a citizen of Russia, and resident of the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Coats and Overcoats, of which the following is a specification, containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My inventionrelates to improvements in combination coat and overcoat and has for its object an ordinary sack coat which can be readily transformed into a Norfolk jacket or into an overcoat.

A further object is to construct a coat which is provided with a readily attachable and detachable yoke and skirt so that the same can be worn as an overcoat, and when so worn will provide protection for the legs, chest, and the back between the shoulders of the wearer.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my device in assembled position with parts broken away;

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same with part of the coat collar broken away showing the manner of attaching the yoke;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the yoke and skirtin assembled position but detached from the coat;

Fig. i is an enlarged fragmental section showing the manner of supporting the rear end of the skirt to the coat;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged section showing the manner of attaching the lowest coat button; and

Fig. 6 is an enlarged section taken through one of the pockets and illustrating the manner of utilizing the coat flaps to assist in holding the skirt to the coat;

In the construction of my device I employ a yoke 7 which is provided with a neck opening 8. Adjacent the neck opening are secured the portions 9 of the ordinary glove or snap fasteners. The yoke 7 is also pro vided with arn1-holes 10 through which the sleeves of the coat are inserted. These armholes are closed all the way around and in this manner the lifting of the yoke adjacent the sleeves is prevented. The material sur rounding the arm-holes is doubled over before being stitched down so as to form a blind box pleat 11.

Secured to the yoke 7 along the front and back edges are depending straps 12 to which a belt 13 is secured. The straps 12 are provided on their inner faces with half of a glove or snap fastener, the other half being carried by the skirt 1%, and it is by this means that the skirt and yoke are fastened together. Stitched to each side of the skirt are. false pockets 15 and immediately above the false pocket is a slit 16 through which the flap 17 of the coat pocket passes. This constructionnot only tends to additionally hold the skirt to the coat but also permits ready acess to the coat pockets.

18 represents a coat which has underneath the collar at the rear, the other half of the snap fastener which engages with the rear snap fastener on the yoke. While underneath the lapels on the coat are the complementary sections of the snap fasteners 9 which are carried by the ends 19 of the neck opening in the yoke. The coat 18 is preferably provided with a rear vent 21., and at the point where the vent terminates a pocket 22 is formed by the overlapping portions of the vent, and in this pocket is inserted the free end of the hook 23 which is carried by the skirt. The hook however, is not essential and may be dispensed with entirely if found desirable.

It will be noted from Fig. 5 that the lowest button 24 of the coat is looselysewed on. In other words there is a fairly long amount of thread between the button and the coat so that the button can pass through the buttonhole in the coat, through buttonholes formed adjacent each edge of the skirt, and through the but-tonholes in the belt. This button together with the button 25 provides the sole closing means for the skirt, the remainder of the buttons shown being for the coat only.

Underneath the flaps of the coat pockets are also placed snap fasteners 26 by means of which the coat can be additionally secured, and in fact by aid of these'fasteners, together with the hook 23, it is possible to utilize the skirt without employing the yoke at all.

While I have shown. my device as attached to a single breasted coat, it is quite obvious that the same can also be arranged for use with double breasted coats without departing from the spirit of my invention.

And if found desirable, the belt 13 may be attached to the straps 1 by means of snap fasteners so that the belt can be attached directly to the skirt in the event that the yoke is not worn, the belt giving a finished appearance to the garment.

My device is especially useful in spring and fall when it is desired to wear a light coat as it can be readily removed and folded up into a small compass when desired. It also has the advantage of permitting the wearer to have a suit and overcoat which match at a considerable less cost than the two garments themselves would cost, and it also gives him the opportunity to convert an ordinary coat into a Norfolk jacket so that a person having my device has virtually two suits of clothes, that is, a suit with a plain coat and a suit with a Norfolk jacket, and by merely attaching the skirt a. plain belted overcoat and it the yoke be also used, an overcoat with the Norfolk eifect.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A combination coat and overcoat comprising a coat, a yoke removably attached over the outside of said coat, straps depending from said yoke, a belt removably at tached to said straps at their lower ends, and a skirt removably carried by said straps and belt.

2. A combination coat and overcoat comprising a coat, a yoke provided with armholes removably attached over said coat, straps depending from the front and rear of said yoke, a belt removably attached to said straps at their lower ends, a skirt removably carried by said straps and belt, and means carried by said coat, yoke, straps, belt and skirt whereby the same may be detachably secured in position.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

MAX GALDHAED. 

